Job 20 Quiz. Dive into this powerful chapter where Zophar the Naamathite delivers a thunderous rebuke against the wicked. This quiz will challenge your memory and understanding of Job 20’s vivid imagery and theological claims. Test your knowledge and meditate on the fleeting nature of evil. If you’re enjoying our quizzes, don’t miss others like Acts 10 Quiz, Matthew 5 Quiz, and our Genesis 22 Quiz. Let’s dive into Zophar’s speech together!
Job 20 Quiz Questions and Answers
Question 1: Who answered Job in this chapter?
- A. Eliphaz the Temanite
- B. Zophar the Naamathite
- C. Bildad the Shuhite
- D. Elihu the Buzite
Answer: B. Zophar the Naamathite
KJV Reference: “Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,” – Job 20:1
Question 2: What troubled Zophar and prompted his reply?
- A. Job’s silence
- B. Job’s suffering
- C. The spirit of understanding
- D. The check of his reproach
Answer: D. The check of his reproach
KJV Reference: “Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. I have heard the check of my reproach…” – Job 20:2–3
Question 3: According to Zophar, how long is the triumph of the wicked?
- A. Until judgment comes
- B. A generation long
- C. But for a moment
- D. As long as the sun endures
Answer: C. But for a moment
KJV Reference: “Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?” – Job 20:4–5
Question 4: Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, what shall happen to him?
- A. He shall reign in power
- B. He shall be exalted forever
- C. He shall fall like lightning
- D. He shall perish like his own dung
Answer: D. He shall perish forever like his own dung
KJV Reference: “Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung…” – Job 20:6–7
Question 5: What will those who have seen the wicked say?
- A. “Where is he?”
- B. “Behold, a great man!”
- C. “He was cut off early.”
- D. “Surely this was the hand of God.”
Answer: A. “Where is he?”
KJV Reference: “They which have seen him shall say, Where is he?” – Job 20:7
Question 6: How fast shall the wicked fly away?
- A. Like an eagle toward heaven
- B. As a shadow
- C. As a dream
- D. As the wind passeth
Answer: C. As a dream
KJV Reference: “He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.” – Job 20:8
Question 7: What shall happen to the place that knew the wicked?
- A. It shall remember him no more
- B. It shall flourish without him
- C. It shall bear witness against him
- D. It shall mourn for him
Answer: A. It shall remember him no more
KJV Reference: “The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.” – Job 20:9
Question 8: What will happen to the children of the wicked?
- A. They shall inherit his wealth
- B. They shall flee from judgment
- C. They shall seek the poor to appease them
- D. They shall plead for mercy but won’t get it
Answer: C. They shall seek the poor to appease them
KJV Reference: “His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.” – Job 20:10
Question 9: According to Zophar, what happens to the bones of the wicked?
- A. They are scattered in the grave
- B. They are full of sin
- C. They are full of the sins of his youth
- D. They are hidden in dust
Answer: C. They are full of the sins of his youth
KJV Reference: “His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.” – Job 20:11
Question 10: Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, what does he do?
- A. He confesses it at last
- B. He hides it under his tongue
- C. He vomits it up
- D. He proclaims it with boldness
Answer: B. He hides it under his tongue
KJV Reference: “Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;” – Job 20:12
Question 11: What happens when the wicked swallows riches?
- A. He retains them forever
- B. They turn to gravel in his mouth
- C. God casts them out of his belly
- D. He becomes fat and prosperous
Answer: C. God casts them out of his belly
KJV Reference: “He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.” – Job 20:15
Question 12: What is said about the wicked man’s enjoyment of food?
- A. He eats in haste, never satisfied
- B. His food is as poison of asps
- C. It is pleasant in his bowels
- D. It turns to bitterness in his stomach
Answer: B. His food is as poison of asps
KJV Reference: “He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.” – Job 20:16
Question 13: What shall the wicked not see regarding rivers?
- A. Rivers of joy
- B. Rivers of prosperity
- C. Rivers of oil and honey
- D. Rivers flowing with wine
Answer: C. Rivers of oil and honey
KJV Reference: “He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.” – Job 20:17
Question 14: According to Zophar, why shall the wicked not enjoy what he labored for?
- A. Because he sinned against the Lord
- B. Because he oppressed the poor
- C. Because he violently took away a house
- D. Because he lied and cheated
Answer: C. Because he violently took away a house
KJV Reference: “Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;” – Job 20:19
Question 15: How will the wicked feel when he has abundance?
- A. At peace and content
- B. In sorrow and fear
- C. In confidence and pride
- D. In distress and unease
Answer: B. In sorrow and fear
KJV Reference: “Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.” – Job 20:20
Question 16: What will happen when the wicked is about to fill his belly?
- A. God shall rain snares upon him
- B. He will rejoice in his goods
- C. He shall eat in peace
- D. He shall bless the Lord
Answer: A. God shall rain snares upon him
KJV Reference: “When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.” – Job 20:23
Question 17: What instrument is mentioned as striking through the wicked?
- A. Spear of iron
- B. Sword of the Lord
- C. Arrow of God
- D. Bow of vengeance
Answer: A. Spear of iron
KJV Reference: “He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.” – Job 20:24
Question 18: Where shall terrors dwell for the wicked?
- A. In the heights
- B. In his tabernacle
- C. In the grave
- D. In the shadow of death
Answer: B. In his tabernacle
KJV Reference: “Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.” – Job 20:25–26
Question 19: What shall devour the wicked’s strength?
- A. Worms and dust
- B. Fire not blown
- C. His enemies
- D. The plague
Answer: B. Fire not blown
KJV Reference: “All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.” – Job 20:26
Question 20: What will happen to the portion of the wicked man according to Zophar?
- A. He shall inherit the earth
- B. He shall dwell in safety
- C. He shall perish forever
- D. He shall be exalted in the end
Answer: C. He shall perish forever
KJV Reference: “This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.” – Job 20:29
Job 20 delivers Zophar’s second speech, a fiery condemnation of the wicked and their fleeting prosperity. While Zophar aims his words at Job, his message reveals timeless truths: wickedness may rise like foam, but it fades just as fast. The pleasures of sin are temporary, and judgment is inevitable. Let us not be like Zophar in his misapplication but let us be sobered by the warning — that the soul which turns from God is building castles on sand. Righteousness remains the only sure foundation.
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